The ''Tiverton Gazette'' is a weekly
tabloid local newspaper
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for the town of
Tiverton, Devon
Tiverton ( ) is a town and civil parish in Devon, England, and the commercial and administrative centre of the Mid Devon district. The population in 2019 was 20,587.
History Early history
The town's name is conjectured to derive from "Twy-fo ...
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Always published on Tuesdays to coincide with the market day, it first appeared as the ''Tiverton Gazette and East Devon Herald'' in 1858. Founder Robert Were was only 22 years old, and died just five years later. The newspaper split into three editions in 1872: the ''Tiverton Gazette'', the ''Crediton Gazette'' and the ''South Molton Gazette''. It was re-merged in the mid-1890s as the ''Mid Devon Gazette'', but then split into Town and Rural editions before splitting three ways again.
Currently there is one reporter based in their St Andrew's Street office, working alongside a dozen reporters based in Exeter and more in Torbay and Barnstaple generating news for the newspaper and fo
devonlive.com
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Devon Live
Tiverton, Devon
Newspapers published in Devon
Weekly newspapers published in the United Kingdom
Publications established in 1858
1858 establishments in England